Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3022, William Ewen, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Ewen William
R 3022
Ewing or
Dormire. Anna.
CONTENTS
Former widow.
[Handwritten scribbles and marks]

Claim Declaration of Anna Dornire the widow of Mr. Ewen for a pension under Act of 3 rd Feb. 1853
sent to the care of Stephen Eaton Ohio

Hezekiah Eubank came and being sworn in open court deposes and says "I am personally acquainted with the within named Anna Dornire and I know that she is the widow of William Ewen decd. I was well acquainted with her husband the said William Ewen I was well acquainted him and her in Bedford county Virginia before and after their marriage we lived near neighbors in Bedford county Virginia for a number of years before the death of the said William Ewen. years After the death of her husband the said William Ewen the said Anna his widow married one Christopher Dornire and after their said marriage they left Virginia (moved) to Preble county Ohio where the said Dornire died. Shortly before Dornire moved to this Preble county I moved from Virginia to this county (Preble) and settled in the same neighborhood with Dornire and I know that Dornire is now dead and that the said Anna is now a widow. I know this same Anna Dornire to be the widow of William Ewen decd. I believe that the said William Ewen was a soldier of the Revolution and such was the neighborhood belief. I believe that the said William Ewen was an officer of some grade in the army of the Revolution and he was so reputed & regarded by his neighbors.
Hezekiah Eubank
sworn and subscribed in open court and I certify that the affiant is a credible witness.
John V. Williams
Probate Judge

State of Ohio Preble county ss. on this 6th day of December in the year A.D. 1855 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Probate Court in and for the said county of Preble and State of Ohio Anna Dormire a resident of Twin Township in the county of Preble and State of Ohio aged about 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853. That she is the widow of William Ewen who was a Sergeant of Infantry in a Regiment of Virginia Troops raised for during the war, in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain that her said husband enlisted at Bedford County in the State of Virginia on or about the last of October or first of November A.D. 1780 for during the war and continued in actual service in said Revolutionary war for the term upwards of 18 months and was Honably discharged about the close or end of the war of the Revolution
She further declares that she was married to the said William Ewen in Bedford County Virginia on the 26th day of February A.D. 1805, that her husband the aforesaid William Ewen died on the      day of April A.D. 1810 that she was afterwards married to Christopher Dormire who died on the      day of January A.D. 1840 and that she still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Anna Dormire her X mark

State of Ohio Probate county ss.
I John V. Campbell Probate Judge and Clerk Ex. Officio of the Probate Court of said Probate county hereby certify that the within Declaration was sworn to and subscribed by the said Anna Dornire in open court and I have no interest in the result of this her claim In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court at Eaton this the 6 th day of December AD 1855
John V. Campbell Probate Judge
I hereby constitute and appoint Miller & Brown of Washington city my Attorneys for me and in my name to prosecute this my claim and procure for me a Pension & obtain for me a certificate of Pension hereby authorizing them to obtain from the War Dept and elsewhere any and all such copies of Records or any other evidence which may be necessary to establish this my claim
Anna Dornire his marks

M c Jacob Sampson West Alexandria Pike County Ohio

State of Virginia County of Bedford 31st
I Albin J. Archer Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Earned a Minister of the Gospel returned to the Clerk's office of said Court the Marriage of William Swain to Anna Kotreck, where the same is now of record, & of which the following is a true copy "Married by me the 26 th day of February One thousand eight hundred & fifty William Swain to Anna Kotreck" Signed James Earned
Given under my hand & the Seal of said Court the 2 nd day of October One thousand eight hundred & fifty five
Albin J. Archer Clerk of Bedford County Court -

Additional Evidence in the case of Anna Dornier suspended under act of 16 D 185-3 Sen Ohio files
Geddes
Filed by William Brown

Pension Office Jan 19 th 1857
Rev Geo C Whiting
Comm ee of Pensions
Dr Sir
You will see that there are the attys in the case of Abigail  Dunn formerly widow of William Ebenezer who served in the Va Continental line
We now
enclose you a letter from the Pub lic Auditor of Pub lic Ac cts of Va who informs us that said Ebenezer name is only found but once on the Va rolls We that our claim must be the widow of the said Ebenezer who served as the Certificate attests

We think the identity of is sufficiently established beyond a reasonable doubt. We call your attention also to the traditional evidence now on file, which sets forth that Euer was a prisoner while yet a resident of the State of Va, and that he was reputably regarded by all his reciprocals to be a revolutionary soldier in Va. The declaration of the widow corroborates what is stated in the certificate from the Traditions Office at Parkers Mound -
We are satisfied that said Euer never left the State of Va as he confessed but remained in the midwestern states, and it may be he did not leave that Va - He remained there

years Service in the Continental line to entitle a soldier to a warrant for land from the New Continental line -
We request that this case be taken from the Suspended files and again recommenced We were written to, but that case was suspended closed under Act of 3-3  Revolutionary Claims
We Remain Yours Miller v Brown

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their Accounts and received Certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to An Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (See Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 11 th day of Nov. 1783 in the name of William Ewen as Sergt. Inf and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £19, 0, 6 delivered to Mr. Clarke but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this Office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated.
Given under my hand, at the the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 12 th day of July ————— 1855.
{ NO SEAL OF OFFICE. }
C. G. W. Chittenden Aud. P. A.

No 6. 231
Anna Dornier, former widow of William Ewin (Phila.)
Ltr. J. Stephens Feb 13/56
Miller & Brown Jan 23/57
Hon. C.S. Vallandigham Feb 28/59
3022
Nov. '53

RECEIVED
3022.
P. O. _____
Anna Romairi
Service: Formerly Wid of Wm Ewan Ewen
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Ann Dornier  widow of William  Leven
Suspended Papers in this case under Art of 53 (Percival)
See Ohio files Miller & Brown

Major Miller H Brown Auditor's Office Richmond Gent men January 13 th 1857
In reply to your letter of the 12 th Inst. - I have to inform you that the name of William Ewen is found but one once on the Revolutionary Register, on file in this office and then as having received a certificate for the bal ance due him as a serg t in the Continental Line. - I have just returned from the Register office whither I had gone to see whether he had ever obtained a land warrant from the State of Virginia - the records of that office don't show that he ever did. -
In haste
Yours &c Porterfield A. Newkirk In o Clerk

THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss:
HIGHLAND COUNTY, }
I, G. H. Stevens , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David Lawrence Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made is, and was at the time of taking said Affidavit an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Highland, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all of his official acts as such Justice of the Peace, and that I believe the signature attached thereto purporting to be his, is true and genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 14 th day of January A.D. , 18 58
G. H. Stevens Clerk H. C. P.

Russia
Ann Doyne
Widow of J. M. Doyne
The above is a leaf
C. L. Volland

State of Ohio Highland County
Personally appeared before me David Chance a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Henry Kinzer who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith I am well and intimately acquainted with Ann Dormine, now of Piqua County Ohio and I was well acquainted with her first husband William Emen I was acquainted with them in Virginia before their marriage I lived a near neighbor to William Emen for a number of years before his said marriage with the said Ann Dormine until his death I know that this Ann Dormine is his widow that she is the identical person that was married to him in Virginia and that the said William Emen and Ann his wife lived together as husband and wife from the time of their said marriage to the death death of the said William Emen and they were always so regarded by their neighbors I believe that this same William Emen was a Soldier of the Revolution I recollect being out in the service and he was here and reported by his neighbors to have been a Soldier in the war of the Revolution I think no person who ever knew him ever doubted his having served in the war of the Revolution he died in Virginia and after his death the said Ann his widow married one Christopher Dormine who also now is dead they having moved to Ohio before his death
Henry Kinzer
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 19 th day December AD 1837 I certify that the affiant is a credible person and that I have no interest in the Estate David Chance J.P.

State of Ohio
Franklin County } S. Before me Thos. H. Brown a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally came Edith Wade who being duly sworn according to law deposed and says I am well and intimately acquainted with Ann Dornire now of Noble county Ohio, and I was well acquainted with her first husband William Ewin I was well acquainted with them both in Virginia before their marriage from the time of their marriage to the death of the said William Ewin they lived together as husband and wife and were so regarded by their neighbors I lived with them for most part of the time until the death of the said William Ewin I know that he was always regarded by his neighbors as having been a soldier in the War of the Revolution and such has always been my belief I never had any doubt on the subject I have often heard him talk of the privations and hardships they had to suffer in the army that they were on some occasions redu- ced to the necessity of cooking their cartridges bones for provision. I know that the same Ann Dornire is the widow of the said William Ewin that she is the identical person that was married to him as I have stated and that after his death she married one Christopher Dornire who is now also dead William Ewin died in Virginia and after his death the said Ann his widow removed to the State of Ohio
Edith Wade.
sworn.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the 21 st day of December 1857 and I certify that the affiant is a credible person and that I have no interest in this Claim
Thos. H. Brown J.P.

The State of Ohio Clinton County ss,
I, J. C. Atkinson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles Rorer, whose genuine signature appears to the within affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the Peace of said County duly elected, commissioned and qualified according to law, and authorized to administer Oaths for general purposes.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Wilmington this 13 th day of January A.D. 1808, J. C. Atkinson Clerk

The State of Ohio
Probate Judge
Preble county ss. Before me notary Public within and for the county of Preble and State of Ohio Personally appeared Charles Wyson who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says I am well acquainted with Anna Dornire and I was acquainted with her husband William Ewin I was acquainted with them both in Bedford county State of Virginia. before and after their marriage, I lived on their farm for several years before the death of the said William Ewin and know that he is dead and that the said Anna Dornire is his widow I know that she is the same woman that was married to the said William Ewin in Bedford county Virginia. about the year 1805 and they lived together as husband & wife until the death of the said William and were so regarded by their neighbors. The said William Ewin was an old like man at the time of his said marriage. he was a man of good habits and was well respected by his neighbors. and was regarded and reputed by his neighbors as having been a soldier of the revolution. I think no doubt ever existed on this subject after the death of the said William Ewin the said Anna his widow married one Christopher Dornire and they after their marriage moved to this (Preble) county, Ohio. where the said Christopher Dornire some years ago died and the said Anna Dornire I know is now a widow
Charles Wyson his mark
Sworn & subscribed before me on this 6th day of December 1855 before me and I certify that the affiant is a credible person
John V. Clancey Probate Judge